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Monday, 30 January 2023

BBC News

• No trains at Exeter's Marsh Barton station until springTrains will not stop at a forthcoming train station in Devon until the spring, it has been confirmed.
• Ryanair and EasyJet ready to snap up Flybe staffAirlines are inviting employees of the collapsed airline to fill vacancies for cabin crew and other roles.
• Toronto struggles with wave of public transport violenceCommuters in Toronto have been navigating the city's public transport system with growing unease, following a surge of violent incidents targeting both riders and operators.

Financial Times

• UK braces for biggest day of strikes this winterWorkers from rail, teaching and university sectors to walk out on February 1 in co-ordinated action over pay

The Guardian

• Trainspotting unites my family – we share the pleasure of intricate detailsMy two boys, 17 and 15, are railfans – and their passion has rubbed off on meI’m a small Black woman wearing a long purple puffer coat over black sequined Dr Martens boots. I don’t look like your stereotypical trainspotter, railfan or ferroequinologist – a white male in an anorak, writing in a notebook, standing at the furthest end of the platform. I do things differently. When I’m travelling on the railway, I always arrive early to take photos or films of trains on my phone. Passersby look bemused. Have they just spotted the only Black female trainspotter in Britain?Not quite. I’ll text these...

Bolton News

• Northern: recognised for addressing gender imbalanceTrain operator, Northern, has been recognised by a leading equality organisation for its work to address gender imbalance.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Welsh Government selling off equipment from Anglesey Airport - with some random items up for grabsThe subsidised Cardiff-Anglesey air route was scrapped in 2022 after a turbulent 15 years

Manchester Evening News

• 'We have no trains, no trams - now they're getting rid of our lifeline bus service'Heywood residents are urging bosses to think again over plans to scrap the 163 bus service to Manchester city centre
• Is HS2 a good idea?The project has come under its fair share of criticism

The York Press

• York councillor Christian Vassie blasts slow bike route progress'A stream of excuses': York councillor blasts slow bike route progress

Oxford Mail

• MPs speak out after school transport scheme scrappedOxfordshire’s conservative MPs speak out on the county council’s decision to withdraw the spare seats scheme on several school transport routes.

Other Regional Press

• Pigeons beat nets aimed at scaring them off Taunton bridgeMaybe it was the wrong kind of netting, but back in February 2013 the birds beat a scheme aimed at keeping them away from the bridge beside Taunton Station.
• Heart of Wales line closed between Llandovery and LlandeiloThe Heart of Wales railway line has been closed between two stations because of a landslip.
• Heathrow 'staff shortage' threat if Ultra Low Emission Zone fee kicks inThe union has warned some lower paid workers who are paid low wages may move on
• Wrexham's transport issues highlighted at the SeneddThe Member of the Senedd for Clwyd South, Ken Skates, raised the urgent need for improvements to the A483 in November, calling for an update on the Welsh Government’s review of the key local route and saying work to make Junction 1 at Ruabon safer was vital.

New Civil Engineer

• Menai Suspension Bridge to reopen this week following emergency repairsThe Menai Suspension Bridge will reopen to traffic later this week following an emergency closure in October.
• HS2 | Euston spoil could be moved by conveyor after lorry-plan backlashWaste material from HS2’s Euston station could be removed from site by a conveyor belt system, following a backlash at previous plans to use lorries.

Aviation Industry

• Airbus and ATR commit to the decarbonisation of the air transport sector with SAF productionFrench airframer ATR and French Aerospace Giant Airbus, together with the French Government, the Occitanie Region, Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, and Aerospace Valley, have committed to a pledge to decarbonise the aviation sector.
• AEF questions the CAA’s effectiveness in handling environmental issuesThe Department for Transport recently called for evidence as part of a review of “the effectiveness and efficiency of the CAA. The consultation, which opened on the 28th of November … The post AEF questions the CAA’s effectiveness in handling environmental issues appeared first on Aviation Environment Federation.

Other News Sources

• Germany announces start of 9-euro ticket successor campaignThe new ’Deutschlandticket’, a flat-fee public transport card for regional trains and other forms of public transport, will be valid from May 1 onwards, German media reported over the weekend. Federal and local authorities have ironed out the final details of the ticket, which is the successor of the much-lauded 9-euro ticket.